José Anigo (born 15 April 1961) is a French

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former

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and former defender.

Career

Anigo was born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, and after a tough childhood went on to play for his home town club for eight years where he established a reputation for being a tough defender. After that he became the coach for Marseillaise's youth team and latter went on to become coach from 2001 to 2005 leading the team to a runners up medal in the

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. During his tenure he also signed many stars that would aid Marseille in the future such as playmaker

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, goalkeeper

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and defender Nicolas N'Koulou. In October 2019, Anigo was hired as Head of International Recruitment for

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. He left the club in June 2020.

Personal life

Born in France, Anigo's parents were Spanish Republicans on the run from

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

. In September 2013 Anigo's son Adrien Anigo was shot dead. Adrien had previously spent time in prison for robbery. and became the fifteenth victim of gun violence in

that year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anigo, Jose 1961 births Living people Footballers from Marseille French footballers French people of Spanish descent Association football defenders Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Olympique de Marseille players Nîmes Olympique players French football managers Olympique de Marseille managers Ligue 1 managers US Marseille Endoume players French expatriate sportspeople in Greece